(1) Any person whose name is not included in the electoral roll of a constituency, may apply to the Electoral Registration Officer for the inclusion of his name in that roll.
(2) The Electoral Registration Officer shall, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered in the electoral roll, direct his name to be included therein:
Provided that if the applicant is registered in the electoral roll of any other constituency, the Electoral Registration Officer of that constituency shall inform the Electoral Registration Officer of the constituency in which the applicant should have actually been registered and that officer shall, on receipt of the information, strike off the applicant's name from that roll.
(3) No amendment, transposition or deletion of any entry shall be made under section 30 and no direction for the inclusion of a name in the electoral roll of a constituency shall be given under this section, after the last date for making nominations for an election in that constituency and before the completion of that election.
33. An appeal against the order of the Electoral Registration Officer made under section 31 or section 32 shall lie to the Election Commission in such manner and within such time, as may be prescribed in this behalf.
34. Every application under section 31 or section 32 and every appeal under section 33 shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee which shall, in no case, be refunded.
CHAPTER VII CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
35. As soon as the notification calling upon a constituency to elect a member or members is issued, the Election Commission shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint -- Inclusion of names in electoral rolls.
Appeals.
Fee for applications and appeals.
Appointment of dates for nominations, etc.
(a) the last date for making nominations, which shall be the 1[Third day] after the date of publication of the first mentioned notification, or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;
(b) the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be the day immediately following the last date for making nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;
(c) the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures, which shall be the 2[First day] after the date for the scrutiny of nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday;
(d) the date or dates on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken, which or the first of which shall be a date not earlier than the 3[Seventh day but not later than the Tenth day] after the last date for the withdrawal of the candidatures; and
(e) the date before which the election shall be completed.
36. On the issue of a notification under section 57, the Returning Officer shall give public notice of the intended election in such form and manner, as may be prescribed, inviting nominations of candidates for such election and specifying the place at which the nomination papers are to be delivered.
37. Any person may be nominated as a candidate for election to fill a seat if he is qualified to be chosen to fill that seat under the provisions of this Act.